At close, the Sensex was up 86 points or 0.20 % at 43443.00, and the Nifty was up 29 points or 0.23% at 12719.95 ahead of Muhurat trading. Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance and SBI were major gainers in the sensex pack, while losers include L&T, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra and M&M.
The MidCap index rose 0.86 per cent to 15,876 levels while the SmallCap index advanced over 1 per cent to 15,639 points. Nifty FMCG, and Nifty Media settled in the green, rest of the indices ended in the red. India VIX fell over 4% to close below the 20 points mark.
Markets will open for one hour on Saturday, November 14 for the auspicious "Muhurat Trading session, which will start at 06:15 pm and end at 07:15 PM